Job 32:9
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.”
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BSBPD
“It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“It is not the great that are wise, Nor the aged that understand justice.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“The multitude are not wise, Nor do the aged understand judgment.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 32:9 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 2 Samuel 3:38Then the king said to his servants, “Do you not realize that a great prince has fallen today in Israel?
- Job 4:21Are not their tent cords pulled up, so that they die without wisdom?’
- Job 12:20He deprives the trusted of speech and takes away the discernment of elders.
- Psalms 119:100I discern more than the elders, for I obey Your precepts.
- Psalms 119:104I gain understanding from Your precepts; therefore I hate every false way.
- Ecclesiastes 4:13Better is a poor but wise youth than an old but foolish king who no longer knows how to take a warning.
- Jeremiah 5:5I will go to the powerful and speak to them. Surely they know the way of the LORD, the justice of their God.” But they too, with one accord, had broken the yoke and torn off the chains.
- Matthew 11:25At that time Jesus declared, “I praise You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because You have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little children.
- John 7:48“Have any of the rulers or Pharisees believed in Him?
- 1 Corinthians 1:26Brothers, consider the time of your calling: Not many of you were wise by human standards; not many were powerful; not many were of noble birth.
- 1 Corinthians 2:7No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.
- James 2:6But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who oppress you and drag you into court?
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